ISSN:
0894-3230
Keywords:
Organic Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Alkaline hydrolysis of diethyl alkylphosphonates and alkyl diethylphosphinates was studied in aqueous dimethyl sulphoxide. The behaviour of these acyclic phosphorus esters is very similar to that of some cyclic phosphorus esters. Rate constants were measured at three temperatures over a 30°C range, and the activation functions of the reaction were estimated. The basic hydrolytic process was proved to be a bimolecular AE reaction. Multiple regression analyses involving rate constants and substituent parameters gave, as a rule, poor results using steric constants derived from carbon compounds. However, the substituent steric effect on the rate of hydrolysis of phosphonates and phosphinates studied correlated very well with ΔΔE, representing the difference in steric energy calculated by molecular mechanics. It is attributed to the various degrees of susceptibility of carbon and phosphorus atoms to the steric hindrance of the substituents. Moreover, Newman's rule of six for the hydrolytic reaction of carboxylates was completely eliminated in phosphorus ester hydrolysis.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.610030110
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